Lyngvaer was a footballer himself, but his career never hit the heights of his brother-in-law.

His most famous moment on the pitch came when he scored both goals in the Norwegian cup semi-finals in 1990. After retiring as a player he coached at Clausenengen, the club where Solskjaer began his playing career, and currently works with young players in his hometown of Kristiansund.

With Solskjaer set to move his wife and three children to South Wales this summer it looks like Lyngvaer and his family could well be joining them and he told Norwegian news site VG he was excited by the prospect of working for the Bluebirds and linking up with his brother-in-law.

“Hopefully there will be something (at Cardiff), but we do not know yet. We are looking at opportunities to move in the summer,” said Lyngvaer.

“I’m a soccer fanatic so being able to work within football is something that excites. It would be nice. In this case the goal is to be in place to start to the season. We hope that it will be something, but we do not yet know quite what my role will be in the club.”

Since arriving in the Welsh capital in January, Solskjaer has been keen to surround himself with people he trusts. He immediately installed his assistant Mark Dempsey, goalkeeping coach Richard Hartis and talent scout John Vik.

And he has also been to keen to add a number of his fellow Norwegians to the Bluebirds camp with Magnus Wolff Eikrem, Jo Inge Berget and Mats Daehli all arriving to join the Cardiff squad. The arrival of his brother-in-law would be the next step in that process.

Despite failing to keep Cardiff in the Premier League, Solskjaer retains the full backing of Cardiff owner Vincent Tan and has already made five signings this summer with the aim being to bounce straight back to the top-flight.

The arrival of his wife Silje and their three children in South Wales will be an important move for the Cardiff manager, who commented: “It means you relax more and think less football when you have family around you. When you are alone, you have nothing else apart from video chat with them to keep you going.”

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